Mendip transmitter - January 11th retune required
Brian Butterworth published on UK Free TV At the moment, viewers using the Mendip transmitter are unable to subscribe to Sky Sports 1 and 2 via BT Vision and/or Top Up TV - see BT Vision, TUTV, Sky Sports 1+2 and the Mendip transmitter - ukfree.tv.
To deal with this, on 11th January 2011, Multiplex D will change from being broadcast on C59+ in 16QAM mode, and switch to be the "normal" Arqiva B multiplex (10kW ERP) on C67 in 64QAM mode.
It will stay there until it moves to C52 on 28 September 2011. This date also sees Multiplex COM4/SDN move from C62+ to C48 and COM5/ARQA move from C56+ to C56.
In summary - if you use Mendip - even if you don't use Sky Sports, you must retune again on 11th January 2011.
When you retune - use a "first time installation" or do this - My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong
Note: This event is not part of the digital switchover process, and is not being managed by Digital UK, but by Arqiva and ITV.
If you have any questions, please call ITV on 0844 881 4150.
Jeff Eastmond: No one who knows anything about the switchover could ever claim it was the "'do it once and forget it' exercise" that some of the press would have you believe.
All that "press of a button" nonsense is just a heap of rubbish.
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fran: NO, you certainly cannot run a Freeview box from a dish. Freeview boxes require a rooftop aerial and FreeSAT boxes can be attached to a dish.
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Sam: There is not a single bit of speculation about this anywhere at all. You have simply failed to do any research.
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bernard hunt: The tests were empty multiplexes, not for public viewing.
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LutonFan: A retune will be required to get the right lables for ITV1+1 (now called ITV) and ITV2+1 (which is now ITV Preview).
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5:26 PM
Bath
Am I correct in assuming that AFTER January 11th, BT Vision customers will then be able to subscribe to Sky Sports 1 and 2? I am confused!
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Poppydoestea's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Poppydoestea: That is the whole point of the exercise.
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4:52 PM
Great - retuned Mendip as advised and have lost all the Mux D channels
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